I have a whole new appreciation for F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing now, having read his doubts, worries, exacting notes to his publisher, concerns that nobody would "get" it. This man who seems so sure of himself in all of his novels is a worrier, scared, desperate to be a good writer (even after his...
Life has begun again as it got crisp in the fall (eventually) and I decided it was time to revisit Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, prompted by his 120th birthday and an event celebrating the occasion at the Free Library of Philadelphia. I admit I sit comfortably in the choir who sing t...
Some of the passages are downright gorgeous, but they don't rectify how flat these characters are. Maybe that's the point. Regardless, it didn't live up to the hype, nor to previous works of Fitzgerald I've read before. This is one of those books that's much more fun to dissect and discuss than to r...
A scrapbook of photographs, newspaper clippings, and stories from the Fitzgerald family, as compiled by their daughter, Scottie.First, I’ve come to see my parents through my own pair of spectacles rather than through the eyes of others; and second, I’ve paid a tribute to them which was long overdue....
I don't think I can ever do justice to how I feel about this book. The first time I read those last few lines I just gaped at the page - what makes me do that anymore? 'Gatsby' is at once so angry, bitter, and hopeful. Even though it seems to Nick that everything good has passed away, replaced with ...
If I had to pick a "Great American Novel" as my favorite, it definitely won't be The Great Gatsby. It will either be To Kill a Mockingbird or The Grapes of Wrath both of which highlighted extremely relevant social/socio-economic issues at the time of their publication. And in a way, these issues are...
I'm re-reading this as part of a book club read. The Great Gatsby is far less glamorous than I remember. In fact, this book is downright melancholy and miserable!I have the read the majority of Fitzgerald's works, and after doing so, it greatly decreases the magic of Gatsby. All Fitzgerald writes ab...
I first read The Great Gatsby for high school, much like I am sure everybody did. For years this book has plagued me as the only book I ever had to read as an assignment that I did not (at least on some level) enjoy. For years I thought it was just the "defiant high school book" syndrome - since I h...
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